Anatole France Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of the past: to turn the losses to victories and to restate humiliations as triumphs.
-
The thing that reinforces my belief about that is having worked the last four years with the Safe Kids Campaign on a national basis. I am so amazed at what these little kids do in keeping their parents alerted to what they are there for.
-
Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
-
I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
-
May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.
-
People say that about me, that I apparently buy houses near every boy I like - that's a thing that I apparently do. If I like you I will apparently buy up the real-estate market just to freak you out so you leave me.
-
I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
-
You don't have to feel confident to act confident. In fact, it's the most important acting job you can learn.
-
I am not gay; I don't have a relationship with Ricky Martin.
-
The Analytical Engine does not occupy common ground with mere 'calculating machines.' It holds a position wholly its own, and the considerations it suggests are more interesting in their nature.
-
I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
-
We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
-
I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.
-
We can make aircrafts that can navigate a maze of hallways.
-
I watched TV religiously when I was a kid, but nowadays - with the Internet - there's so many people writing about TV on the Internet, that everything's sort of under a magnifying glass.
-
I part of this great nation because my grandfather was born here, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He took a horse, back in 1895, and ride it all the way down to Guanajuato, looking for his American dream. No penny in his pocket, only dreams in his head. And he was an immigrant coming from the States into Mexico. And he found his American dream in Mexico.
-
My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.
-
Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing.
-
Whether a photo or music, or a drawing or anything else I might do—it’s ultimately all an abstraction of my peculiar experience.
-
I love Feist. I love Francoise Hardy. She was a French singer-songwriter in the '60s who was pretty huge. I think I'm drawn to her sincerity. I love Fiona Apple, too - she's quirky and really honest in her lyrics.
-
The lonesomest thing in all the world is a soul when it is making ready to go on its mysterious, far journey.
-
Let us ask God to make us true in our love, to make us sacrificial beings, for it seems to me that sacrifice is only love put into action.
-
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.
